I wrote this post back in November and lo’ and behold, on Wednesday of this week, NPR did a segment about people complaining that the state of American politics was making them gain weight, what they are colloquially calling, The Trump 10. So I thought I’d repost rather than let NPR have all the fun! Now get to the gym!
Donald Trump Is Making Me Fat
Like most humans, I am a creature of habit. I get up, go to the gym, go to work, come home, eat dinner with the family, walk the dog, write, stay up way too late, go to bed and do it again. Even my gym time is riddled with routine. I mix it up between three or four different workouts — RPM (spin), the circuit room (the elliptical machine), yoga or bodyflow (does that count as one or two?), a nice long swim. Pretty boring, I know. I used to do things like Body Attack and Body Combat, but the older I get the less interested I am in adversity training, you know, punching, kicking, going in for the kill. I’ll take a mile in the pool with my own thoughts over combat any day.
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He shall neither make me fat nor Republican… But he SHALL make me vote, sign petitions, take long walks carrying signs…
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Haha! Love that and so totally agree!!
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An excellent post…. A hopeful- and welcomed- conclusion which makes us ponder thngs… Dialogue is certainly a weapon against Demagogy. But also critical thinking is necessary.- Again: Education is a key… (If only University education was free in the States, many things would fopr good change there, atlthough Trump is such an histrionic and phenomenal character, I doubt he would have lost, anyway: Celebrity Culture & money are so powerful everywhere)
Sending love & best wishes! ⭐
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Agree on all fronts, especially the education. Sometimes I feel as though the ruling elite want a country of idiots because they are easier to control. 😩
❤️back at you, Amalia.
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Politics are shit the world over right now, sister. I have come to the conclusion we should just inhabit our own wee bit and guard it.. xxxx…..
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Ah, yes, if they would only leave us out of their brawling!❤️
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What is going on here is making me FIZZ! Trumpton’s latest is to send our vile excuse for a Prime Minister his support in the wake of her failing to get a majority in parliament and brokering a deal with a bunch of former terrorists to stay in power.
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Wow, what does that look like when Lady Shey is in a FIZZ! I would like some first hand observations from the Dudes! And yes, I hesitate to say things could get worse because, well, you know they always can. So, chin up, time for a walk in the woods! oxoxo
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Oh the dudes would just like to set themselves on her. I just find politics suddenly a very strange world. Like we call an election, then we have a manifesto that is never going to appeal to anyone in a million years, then we get a beating. But hey to cling onto power we make a deal with Northern Ireland Terrorists, totally undermining a peace process designed to bring peace to that troubled area many years ago. It is a very strange world both sides of the pond. I feel I have entered a parallel universe…. .
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I know. I’m hoping the nightmare ends soon and we can all go back to living our lives.
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Bunchah bairns creating world where losers win and winners lose. Alas we have to live in that world xxxxxxxx
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Alas…😩😩😩
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Well, best news of the day Sinn Fein who have refused since 1919 to attend Westminster are now flying to London to take their seats. You really wonder who advises Prime Ministers when you see that they failed to point that out as a possibility when she started doing deals with Sinn Fein’s opponents to stay in power…..
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That, an ill-advised Brexit, all a hot mess.😲
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Oh yeah….Thinking about finding a hill to climb a rock to inhabit…… xxxxx
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Teehee! 😜 Will it have wifi?
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Hills never do. dunno re rocks LOL xx
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I loves that post! I agree – never underestimate the power of metta, intention and a united group of people. Ditch the bitching – it just produces more stuff to moan about. Take the positive tack, there is always another route.
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Amen to that, sister!😍
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Trump isn’t making me fat. He is, however,
making me sick.
PJ, your article from November is a good one. Very sensible advice.
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Thank you and maybe try a Tums!😘
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p.s. Also unplug. It’s helped me immensely as I was also feeling (literally) sick. 😷
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Hi. Hopefully he will be removed from office, but I doubt it. He seems to get away with everything. What a creep.
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I was wondering if t was just me or that he seemed to get away with so much more than Obama or the Clintons ever did.
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He’s the worst.
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I feel like I’m deep into the second act of a movie where you already know what the characters are about but you’re waiting to see how low the bad guy will go. 🤔 All will be revealed.🙏😆😆
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